Today, the Cherubim turns 9. He read "Happy Birthday to" and his name (which is not really Cherubim.) I even took him to Toys R Us to pick out his own presents. He picked out a Thomas movie, Disney Country Songs, and a Super Mario series DVD. Did he know what these things were? I have…
Mommy: "The toilet finally works downstairs. You guys can use it again." Juss: "Did the plumber come?" Mommy: "No I fixed it myself." Juss, amazed, eyes wide: "Wow! You turned from a mommy into a plumber and back into a mommy!" He was so impressed I don’t have the heart to tell him that it’s leaking, and I might have…
Hey all, I am posting this for the wonderful Margie Lawson, who teaches the best writing classes: ———————Hello! Take my TRY LYING Quiz on the PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY Blog on TUESDAY. The quiz will be on Barbara Vey’s Beyond Her Book blog: www.publisherweekly.com/BeyondHerBook The link (above) is to the Publisher’s Weekly page. The blogs are listed…
I was amused and delighted bythis article about a soldier who rushed out of bed to help his platoon members without bothering to put on his pants. He fought the Taliban in pink "I love NY" boxers and flip-flops. Thanks to my friend Evil Dave for pointing me in the direction of this article.
In the recent issue of Locus, in an article about urban fantasy and paranormal romance, I read: "(I know right now you are saying — "Monogamous?" Well, yes — in romance, the heroine does not sleep around, at least within the pages of any one given novel. That rule was a surprise to me, too…
The Elf King (Justinian) age 6. Juss: "I have a secret punch and a secret kid Corey doesn’t know about." Mommy: "Oh, really? Where did you get them?" (I wondered if he meant something he learned at Taekwando. Juss: "He doesn’ t know about them unless he’s seen Karate Kid 1 and Karate Kid 2." Mommy: "Which he may have." Juss,…
Juss amused John and I by doing a dance to "No Taxation Without Representation." This was completely on his own initiative without any prompting from his parents. It was extraordinarily adorable and should definitely go in a Lost Brother’s book. Wish I knew how to load videos onto the web. I caught part of it on…
I was quite dubious of the STAR TREK trailer. Frankly, it looked awful, as if the movie would not be in the spirit of STAR TREK at all. But, underneath, I was vaguely hopeful because I recalled that ever trailer for the show ANGEL I ever saw made the upcoming show look bad, but…
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Well, John is happily home from the hospital, sans appendix, and life is beginning to return to normal. We are all very grateful to "Uncle Bill" (our friend and the boy’s godfather, Bill Burns) who watched the children while I hung out at the hospital with John. I lounged in a chair beside the sleeping John, reading…